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The concept of motherhood has made its way into many of our words and expressions. To test your knowledge of expressions relating to the words mother or mom, try our quiz!

1. I had no idea that our Placeholder for the answer grew up in the same town, did you?
2. Whenever I feel stressed, I spend some time with Placeholder for the answer.
3. Fire it up, Arthur! Let's take the Placeholder for the answer back to the Placeholder for the answer!
4. When writing a heartfelt card addressed to your mother, should you capitalize the words "mother" and "mom"?
5. If you want to say that something is important or essential to you, you might say it's "like Placeholder for the answer milk to me."
6. What is the correct spelling of the noun that means "a rich or important source of something"?
7. Yesterday, I spent time visiting my Placeholder for the answer and my Placeholder for the answer.
8. Rosa gave up her job to take care of her son Daniel. She is a Placeholder for the answer mom.
9. Which of the following spellings is the British equivalent for "mom"?
10. What is the correct wording of the proverb that means that inventions are likely to be created in response to a need?
  
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